There is an increased awareness among consumers around the world for natural, organically produced consumer goods. Igene Biotechnology's high quality feed ingredients have been proven to give superior performance in many application areas.
Aquasta is made from renewable ingredients without the use of petrochemicals or recombinant DNA modification to the production organism, and therefore satisfies the health and purchasing preferences of consumers and retailers that prefer naturally derived aquaculture products. Aquasta is accepted by key organic programs around the world, including Naturland, BioSuisse, DEBIO, KRAV, DEFRA, the Organic Food Federation, the Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association and Agriculture Biologique, among others.
Igene's natural Astaxanthin is used primarily as a source of pigment in fish feed for salmonids. Igene sells the commercial product under the trademark Aquasta®.
2003-2007: Joint Venture with Tate & Lyle produces Aquasta™ in Selby, UK
2009-2011: Joint Venture with Archer Daniels Midland produces Aquasta® in the United States
2013: Contract manufacturing of Aquasta® in Europe